i found this shampoo to be completely different than anything i have ever used. by that i mean, you can actually see the herbs in the bottle and they come out in the shampoo! the smell is a mix of the herbs with floral scents, which i can't say was the most pleasant. i did love the shampoo however, and so i think that made up for it. it wasn't too "foamy", and it rinsed out nicely. i loved the way my hair felt after i had rinsed!

African Pride Herbal Healing Leave-in Conditioner, like the Shampoo, contains 17 herbs and oils. it claims to reduce breakage, improve manageability and heal damaged hair. while i preferred the smell of this better, it took me awhile to get the application just right.

when i used it for the first time, i thought i had used too much. my hair was really weighed down. i was also a bit turned off by the fact that i was leaving those bits of herbs in my hair (no, they didn't dissolve). the next time i used less, but i was experiencing the same thing. i figured it was too much oil. my hair wasn't airy or bouncy. so i tried it again, first as a pre-shampoo treatment (that i applied after i wet my hair and left in for about five minutes) and then as a deep conditioning treatment (left in for five minutes after i shampooed). the pre-shampoo treatment worked out to be the best for me.

overall, these are good products and i know many women will benefit by using them. find both products at a drugstore near you.